Lightning strike after dark What's the price? Up the bar Used to fight, the streets is harsh I wasn't right, locked behind bars Stealing the cars, servin' the narcs The money I gain, all for the art Whole lot of pain, black in my heart I know she

My mind would rule my heart I didn't pay attention to the light in the dark It left me torn apart But now I see your tears as an omen It's an omen, caught my baby crying Saw the silver lining It must be an omen

In this game the lesson's in your eyes to see We must remember that tomorrow comes after the dark So you will always be in my heart, with unconditional love Though things change, the future's still inside of me (unconditional love) Though things change,

I'm holding the world in my hand I got to believe Dark and dirty Like you have never seen A mind so twisted With thoughts so unclean. My heart is racing All tattered and torn I stand here naked

My shadow doesn't show in the dark The night time is inclined to my heart The emptiness I felt from the start Will follow me till I fall apart Nocturnal, nocturnal, nocturnal, nocturnal Found myself where I started, this isn't where I want to be The time

And it's my whole heart I'm on trial, waiting 'til the beat comes out I'm not beat up by this yet You can't tell me to regret Been in the dark since the day we met Fire, help me to forget It's a pity, oh Waiting 'til the beat comes out

If you had my love And I gave you all my trust Would you comfort me? And if somehow you knew That your love would be untrue Would you lie to me? Why second guess? I should have stayed Your heart is hard to carry after dark You're to blame for what we

For so long I have felt alone Content to live with unrest Longing faded into countless nights That buried my weary heart But you brought an end To this dead hour And meaning to a calloused life Held in your arms But too far from my heart These thoughts

For my broken heart Last night I prayed the Lord my soul to keep Then I cried myself to sleep So sure life wouldn't go on without you But oh this sun is blinding me As it wakes me from the dark I guess the world didn't stop There were no angry words at

When I'm wiser and I'm older All this time I was finding myself I didn't know I was lost So wake me up when it's all over And I didn't know I was lost Feeling my way through the darkness Guided by a beating heart I can't tell where the journey will end